By: Lumina Gershfield

Lumina Gershfield — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 08:14:31 +0000

Another show that I’m in pain over missing. Literally nauseous. Is there some sort of support group on PICA’s site for people who miss incredible performances and need to be reassured that life will still go on?
I need help!
I need T:BA:05.
Thank you so much to the writers of this blog who bring me little touch of the drug I’m craving so badly.

By: Very Non-American

Very Non-American — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:21:24 +0000

It is breathtaking to be in a lily-white town (thanks Gavin), and have two stunningly competent non-lily-white artists ram a different world into my face. DJ Spooky proved that raucousness tells a story extremely well – through the way he mixed and sampled life, perceptions and those sensitive and raw parts of us sitting in the audience. It felt like a train wreck and I didn’t want to pull away – even as a ‘very non-American’ I could understand the references, and then some. I didn’t want to leave.
DBR wove himself into his instrument and equally mesmerizing video so seamlessly that when he stopped playing, I stopped too – until he said ‘wot nothing?!’ Take it as a compliment DBR – symptoms of being shell-shocked were at play. Your sheer audacity of talent and comment kept me glued to the seat until well after the lights came up.
What then unfolded was simply amazing. Dressed in casual threads and barefoot, DBR walked across the stage to be encircled by a group from the audience. The hugs and exchanges bespoke of humility borne of a genuine experience somewhere else. This is the dimension that will drive TBA even further forward; through these encounters that build upon themselves, creating the next event. This is also what ‘this’ is all about.
‘Thank-you’ to both artists and to PICA. Oftentimes this lily-white place gets a little too pat. I needed the rush.

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By: Lumina Gershfield

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